Eight hundred and twentieth seventh chapter Guo Yingyi's death
The Hexi Army did not attack for a long time, but Guo Yingyi's face on the top of the city became more and more gloomy. All five hundred soldiers under his command were guarding the north gate. The three gates in the east, west and south were handed over to the county magistrate and the people he organized.
A county magistrate is a man who is greedy for life and afraid of death. How dare he trust his back to him?
He immediately called together his cronies and selected three captains to control the three city gates. How could such a confidential place be controlled by those ignorant people.
This is not the most important thing. The Xiayang County Magistrate has more than 500 county soldiers in his hands, so he has to be careful. He handed his fingerprints to his cronies and asked him to invite the magistrate to the north wall. This is called advancing and retreating together.
, if the county magistrate refuses to agree, don’t blame him for using force.
The confidants led five or six athletes to the south city wall. Because they were on guard, their faces looked very problematic. The county soldiers were holding shields to protect the county magistrate, and they seemed to have guessed the clues from their expressions.
The county magistrate pretended to be calm and asked: "The enemy is about to attack the city. What is the important matter for General Guo to send you here?"
Seeing the attitude of the county magistrate, the cronies thought that this person had already thought of surrendering to the enemy, so they became even more ungrateful and said with a strong expression: "The enemy's main attack direction must be the north gate. My general specially invited the Ming Dynasty to join him."
Let’s fight side by side at the North Tower.”
The county magistrate smiled awkwardly but respectfully: "I already know. Please go back and tell General Guo. I will go there immediately after I have installed the city wall defense."
Naturally, Guo Yingyi's confidant refused to believe him, and said coldly with a bad face: "Go and settle down in the Ming Mansion. We will wait for you here."
The other party gave him a reluctant hand, then turned around with a smile on his face and walked to the west side of the city wall with the two county lieutenants, discussing the current situation behind their backs.
"Ming Mansion, the rebels who attacked the city are committing heinous crimes, but General Guo is not a good person either. The number of rebels under the city is now ten times ours. You and I both know that this broken city wall cannot be defended at all.
He just wants to drag us all the people in the county to be buried with him. Think about it, Ming Dynasty. Even if we can defend the county, the credit belongs to them. Even if he has the conscience to report our credit, he will only reward us with some money and official positions.
It’s only the first level. But once the city is breached and these Tang troops fight for all they have and their families, we will risk the lives of the entire county, young and old, and we ask the Ming government to learn from it.”
The county magistrate was still hesitating, and his heart was obviously shaken. Two county captains stepped up their persuasion: "Ming Mansion, this General Guo doesn't believe us at all. He sent someone to ask you to go to the North Gate with him.
If you die, don't you doubt that the Ming government will surrender and offer the city? He doesn't believe in us, so how can such a person be worthy of our trust? No matter we win or lose today, we are just pawns in his hands. Even if you don't think about the people, you still have to
Think about your wife and children at home.”
What they said was right. The county magistrate's entire family was in Xiayang County. He had never thought about them when he made the decision to hold on to the city. Thinking about it now makes his spine shiver.
The county magistrate worriedly clapped his hands together and said, "But Guo Yingyi's people are right in front of us. If I don't go with them, I won't be able to pass this pass right now."
The county lieutenant turned back to look at Guo Yingyi's cronies who were guarding in the distance, bowed and crossed his hands and said in a low voice: "They are only five or six people, and the Ming government has five hundred county soldiers. Rather than being tied up and sent to death by him, it would be better
Immediately remove the flag and throw it down the city wall, then kill these people and seize the city gate to welcome the Hexi Army into the city."
"Okay," the county magistrate had just gritted his teeth and made a decision. The county lieutenant had already walked impatiently to the battlements of the city tower, picked up the flag and threw it down from the top of the city. He shouted to the bottom: "We
surrender!"
The close confidants in the distance were dumbfounded: "How dare you, these rebellious ministers and traitors!"
He pulled out the horizontal knife from his waist with a clang and rushed towards the county magistrate. The two county lieutenants also encouraged their county soldiers to shout: "If you want to survive, kill these people! Charge down.
Open the city gate."
The county captain shouted out the soldiers' wishes for survival. Loyalty and right and wrong were matters that only the big men in the temple had to consider. All they wanted in their hearts was to survive.
Naturally, the military force of the brigade commander who was a dignified military envoy was incomparable to that of mere county soldiers. He wielded a horizontal sword and slashed and chopped off the heads of three or four county soldiers, scaring the rest of the people who did not dare to attack.
The county captain hurriedly ordered everyone to set up shields and spears, surrounded them, and ordered the others to run to the city gate and open it.
The cronies were so angry that they rushed towards the county magistrate angrily and shouted angrily: "You rebellious officials and traitors! You should be killed for betraying the imperial court!"
The county magistrate didn't care about his dignity at this time. When he saw the Hexi Army marching towards the bottom of the city wall, he hurriedly led a group of county soldiers to escape from the other side and down the city wall. He shouted to the nearby people: "Go and open the city wall quickly."
Door, don’t waste your life!”
The common people already had a direction in their hearts, and rushed towards the city gate in a swarm. The soldiers sent by Guo Yingyi to the city gate held the horizontal knives in their hands, and threatened with pale faces: "Anyone who dares to attack the city gate will be killed."
amnesty!"
The county magistrate relied on the strength of the crowd and his courage instantly increased. He raised his knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "Guo Yingyi is an eunuch member. Don't follow him to death. Open the city gate and you can survive!"
With the encouragement of the county magistrate, these people became more emboldened, waving spears, hoes and other weapons and rushed towards them. After several screams, they were drowned in the surging crowd.
The city gate of Xiayang County opened with a heavy creaking sound, and the Hexi Army entered the county without a single soldier.
At the north city gate, General Guo Yingyi looked back in despair towards the south of the city. His soldiers gathered in front of him, knelt down and crossed their hands to persuade: "General Guo, while the Hexi Army has just entered the city, we will escort you to escape from the city."
Guo Yingyi said sadly: "Where can the Hexi Army attack from the four gates and escape? Our Guo family has been blessed by the emperor for generations, and it is time to serve the country with our lives. You have followed me for many days, but eventually we all dispersed.
One day, if you want to survive, take the opportunity and leave quickly."
Some of the soldiers squeezed tears from their eyes and knelt down to Guo Yingyi, then crossed their hands and walked away with tears. Only sixty or seventy people were left standing on the city wall with him, clustered around like living sculptures, each holding a knife and a gun and staring wide-eyed.
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Bai Xiaode rode his war horse to the foot of the Xiayang city wall. He put up a pergola and looked up at the city wall. When he saw Guo Yingyi standing on the top of the city righteously and solemnly, a slight sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He raised his silver spear and shouted at Guo Yingyi: "General Guo, my lord admires you very much. Now that the general is in trouble, and my lord is polite to the virtuous corporal, why don't the general put down his dignity, submit to the lord with me, and make him his wife and son in the future?"
You will definitely gain more wealth than you do now.”
Guo Yingyi raised the knife in his hand and roared like a black bear: "I am the descendant of the Guo family in Shazhou. I have been blessed by the emperor and received the teachings of my ancestors. How can a Qiuci barbarian like you know that I will die today?"
I won’t surrender!”
Bai Xiaode was a brave man, so naturally he didn't have much patience to persuade Guo Yingyi to surrender. Seeing that he was so ignorant, he immediately waved for a group of crossbowmen and aimed at the top of the city and fired at them. Guo Yingyi's personal guards waved their blades to shoot.
They blocked the arrows, but more crossbow arrows pierced through the gaps in their swords and guns, penetrating their armor.
Guo Yingyi's armor was particularly strong, and the crossbow arrows pierced him like a hedgehog. Finally, he knelt on the ground with a knife in one hand, and the Hexi Army used a shield to raise a spear and stabbed them to death one by one in a pool of blood.
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In the afternoon, Li Siye led the central army of the Hexi Army into Xiayang County. Seeing Bai Xiaode presenting Guo Yingyi's severed head, he couldn't help but regretfully said: "Although Guo Yingyi has no great talent, if he can submit to our army, he will definitely attract more people."